Automatic transmission seems stuck between park and reverse

[Beavis]

Seems like it’s stuck between park n reverse. Can’t get into any gears. Grinds when I try to put in park. It won’t go into park either.

 

[WolfMan]

Does it seem like it’s the shifter button? 03-06 had issues of the plastic part inside the automatic shifter breaking. If you pop the shifter handle off you can see if it’s broken and a chopstick cut to length will do the trick. When it happened on my old TJ, it wouldn’t go into or out of park.

 

[astjp2]

rig the cable then see if that fixes it.

 

[Beavis]

Shifter is off. It will move forward now but I can’t get into neutral park or reverse doesn’t grind any more so I think tge transfer was causing that

 

[suicideking]

I had mine fall off where the shifter connects under the Jeep. That was a small bushing that needed to be replaced. You can shift it by hand in the meantime, just have to crawl under the Jeep to do so.

 

[Beavis]

I think a ring clip broke on this park think inside the pan. Now it’s half in park n only have forward. From what I been reading

 

[Jerry Bransford]

I think a ring clip broke on this park think inside the pan. Now it’s half in park n only have forward. From what I been reading

You checked the external clip that holds the cable to the shift lever? I don't think there's a clip inside the pan.